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New Zealand's batting looked weak in front of Prabath Jayasuriya, forced to play follow-on
The match was overshadowed by rain due to which the day's play had to be ended prematurely. By stumps, New Zealand has lost five wickets for 199 runs in the second innings and is still trailing by 315 runs.
Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya performed brilliantly and took six wickets in the first innings due to which New Zealand's first innings collapsed for 88 runs on the third day of the second Test match. Sri Lanka thus gained a lead of 514 runs in the first innings and forced the Kiwi team to play follow-on. The match was overshadowed by rain due to which the day's play had to be ended prematurely. By stumps, New Zealand has lost five wickets for 199 runs in the second innings and is still trailing by 315 runs.
By the end of the day's play, wicketkeeper batsman Tom Blundell was present at the crease with 47 runs and Glenn Phillips with 32 runs. In the second innings, Nishan Peiris took three wickets for Sri Lanka, while Prabath and captain Dhananjay de Silva have got one wicket each. New Zealand's position in the match is not good and there is a threat of a big defeat on them.
Could not handle the innings of Conway-Williamson
